streak
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That’s the longest such streak since a 43-day run that ended on April 22, 2025 — when the Nasdaq was 19.2% below its then-record close reached four months earlier.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
If Mamdani has so far shown a pragmatic streak in how he governs that can feel at odds with the loftier promises of his campaign, some friction with his most hard-line voters might be inevitable.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
During that part of the campaign, Canada ended England's near four-year winning streak with a nail-biting 26-26 draw at Sandy Park in Exeter.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Chip stocks are on track to fall for a seventh consecutive day, their longest losing streak since May 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Still, a stubborn streak showed on my face.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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And amid the doomsaying, streaks of contrarian optimism are starting to emerge.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
As tiny particles from the comet enter the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat up and produce streaks of light across the night sky that we see as meteors.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
At age 82, Steinem looked as she had always looked, only older: tinted aviator glasses, leather jacket, long hair parted down the middle with two lightened streaks at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The rest of the time they crowded into crevices that were easily found by the streaks of dried urine staining the rocks.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Stefano Utoikamanu streaked through after Isaiya Katoa's superb inside pass cut out George Williams and Kai Pearce-Paul, to the delight of the massed Tongan fans in Perth.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Every visitor must exit through the Blood Room, a gruesomely immersive space whose walls are streaked, smeared, splattered and practically dripping with the red stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
A group of more than 100 people near the stage refused to leave, chanting "USA! USA! USA!" while a pair of B2 bombers that were part of an hours-long military flyover show streaked overhead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
I fall asleep, remembering the night sky streaked with the gorgeous light from the fireworks, and how the sea waves seemed to accompany me as I sang and played Mima’s oud.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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Every night around the world, thousands of automated sky cameras watch for flashes of light streaking across the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Palestinians in east Jerusalem regularly film rockets streaking through the sky from their rooftops.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
Then, holding the stick in her left hand, Murphy slid the puck across the ice to her streaking teammate, who promptly banged it into the back of the net.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
She name-checked supervising producer Norman Baker, who she said “plans on streaking on the last day” of the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
His bird friend flew off his shoulder, streaking into the forest.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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